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Conferences

Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics: 2013

March 26, 2013

Author(s)

Erik M. Secula, David G. Seiler

Measurement Uncertainties in MEMS Kinematics by Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

March 25, 2013

Author(s)

Craig D. McGray, Samuel M. Stavis, Jon C. Geist

SCATTERFIELD MICROSCOPY, REVIEW OF TECHNIQUES THAT PUSH THE FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF OPTICAL DEFECT METROLOGY

March 25, 2013

Author(s)

Richard M. Silver, Bryan M. Barnes, Francois R. Goasmat, Hui Zhou, Martin Y. Sohn

The semiconductor manufacturing industry is now facing serious challenges in achieving defect detection rates with acceptable throughput and accuracy. With...

Quantitative Characterization and Applications of A 193 nm Scatterfield Microscope

March 25, 2013

Author(s)

Martin Y. Sohn, Bryan M. Barnes, Richard M. Silver

With decreasing feature sizes in semiconductor manufacturing, there is an acute demand for measurements of both critical dimensions (CD) and defects on the...

Charge-Based Capacitance Measurements Circuits for Interface With Atomic Force Microscope Probes

March 25, 2013

Author(s)

Joseph J. Kopanski, Muhammad Y. Afridi, Chong Jiang, Michael Lorek, Timothy Kohler, Curt A. Richter

The charge based capacitance measurement (CBCM) technique is highly sensitive to small capacitances and capable integration of onto an AFM tip, thereby reducing...

Spatially-Resolved Dopant Characterization with a Scanning Microwave Microscope

March 25, 2013

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Atif A. Imtiaz, Alexandra E. Curtin, Pavel Kabos, Matthew D. Brubaker, Norman A. Sanford, Kristine A. Bertness

The scanning microwave microscope (SMM) is a tool for spatially-resolved microwave characterization of nanoelectronic materials and devices. The microscope...

3-D Optical Metrology of Finite sub-20 nm Dense Arrays using Fourier Domain Normalization

March 25, 2013

Author(s)

Jing Qin, Hui Zhou, Bryan M. Barnes, Ronald G. Dixson, Richard M. Silver

Reduced target dimensions requiring improved resolution and sensitivity have driven the need to use and analyze the phase and scattered frequency information...

ACTS: A Combinatorial Test Generation Tool

March 22, 2013

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

In this paper, we introduce a combinatorial test generation tool called Advanced Combinatorial Testing System (or ACTS). ACTS supports t-way combinatorial test...

Requirements Analysis for Safer Ambulance Patient Compartments

March 22, 2013

Author(s)

Mehdi Dadfarnia, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Allison Barnard Feeney, Deogratias Kibira

Providing emergency care services in the confined space of the patient compartment of a moving ambulance is a hazardous activity. A National Institute of...

Concept Analysis to Enrich Manufacturing Service Capability Models

March 22, 2013

Author(s)

Jun H. Shin, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Yunsu Lee, Nenad Ivezic

When an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), which makes a final product for the consumer marketplace by purchasing components from its suppliers, faces...

Combinatorial Coverage Measurement Concepts and Applications

March 22, 2013

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Itzel (. Dominquez Mendoza, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei

Empirical data demonstrate the value of t-way coverage, but in some testing situations, it is not practical to use covering arrays. However any set of tests...

Applying Combinatorial Testing to the Siemens Suite

March 22, 2013

Author(s)

Laleh Ghandehari, Mehra N. Borazjany, Yu Lei, Raghu N. Kacker, D. Richard Kuhn

Combinatorial testing has attracted a lot of attention from both industry and academia. A number of reports suggest that combinatorial testing can be effective...

An Input Space Modeling Methodology for Combinatorial Testing

March 22, 2013

Author(s)

Mehra N. Borazjany, Laleh Ghandehari, Yu Lei, Raghu N. Kacker, D. Richard Kuhn

The input space of a system must be modeled before combinatorial testing can be applied to this system. The effectiveness of combinatorial testing to a large...

Integrating carbon nanotubes as vias in a monolithic 3DIC process

March 21, 2013

Author(s)

Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Sten Vollebregt, R. Ishihara, Johan van der Cingel , Kees Beenakker

The Metrology of Counting Protein Particles

March 18, 2013

Author(s)

Dean C. Ripple, Michael J. Carrier, Richard E. Cavicchi, Christopher B. Montgomery, Zhishang Hu

A common degradation pathway for protein-based drugs is the growth of protein aggregates or particles. Counting and characterization of these particles is...

An Efficient Algorithm for Constraint Handling in Combinatorial Test Generation

March 18, 2013

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

Combinatorial testing has been shown to be a very effective testing strategy. An important problem in combinatorial testing is dealing with constraints, i.e...

The Exothermic Reaction of Fire Suppressants

March 13, 2013

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Valeri I. Babushok, Fumiaki Takahashi, Viswanath R. Katta, Oliver Meier

Several fire suppressants are under consideration to replace CF3Br for use in suppressing fires in aircraft cargo bays. In Federal Aviation Administration...

Hydrated phases and pore solution composition in cement-solidified saltstone waste forms

March 8, 2013

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder, Paul E. Stutzman, Jacob Philip, David W. Esh

The mineral phases and pore solution composition of hydrated cement-solidified saltstone waste forms are quantified using thermogravimetric analysis...

Spectral Light source Distribution variations to enhance discrimination of the common bile duct from surroundings in reflectance hyperspectral imaging

March 8, 2013

Author(s)

Maritoni A. Litorja, Mira Fein, Eleanor Wehner, Karel Zuzak, Edward Livingston

The classification of anatomical features using hyperspectral imaging has been a common goal in biomedical hyperspectral imaging. Identification and location of...

Adhesion Society Meeting Proceedings

March 3, 2013

Author(s)

Rebecca Ploeger, Aaron Forster, Donald Hunston, Etienne de la Rie, Christopher McGlinchey

Consolidating adhesives have been used throughout the centuries for the conservation of painted cultural objects- such as paintings and polychrome sculpture-...

POROMECHANICS OF THIN WATER PURIFICATION MEMBRANE LAYERS

March 3, 2013

Author(s)

Edwin P. Chan, Christopher M. Stafford, Allison P. Young

A Hybrid CPU-GPU Approach to Fourier-Based Image Stitching of Optical Microscopy Images

March 3, 2013

Author(s)

Walid Keyrouz, Timothy J. Blattner, Bertrand C. Stivalet, Joe Chalfoun, Mary C. Brady, Shujia Zhou

We present a hybrid CPU-GPU approach for the Fourier-based stitching of optical microscopy images. This system achieves sub-minute stitching rates with large...

In situ monitoring of atmospheric methane using a dense network in the Northeastern U.S.

February 28, 2013

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad, Elena Novakovskaia, Marc Fischer, Chris Sloop

Methane (CH4) is one of the major greenhouse gases with a CO2relative global warming potential above 20 over a 100-year period (IPCC TAR). Global average...

Continuous measurement and large-eddy simulation of greenhouse gas emissions at local spatial scales

February 28, 2013

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad, Elena Novakovskaia, Adam Nottrott, Ralph Keeling, Chris Sloop

Natural gas a hydrocarbon gas mixture that consists primarily of CH4 is perceived as transition fuel due to its high energy density and lower greenhouse...

Towards Timely Intelligence in the Power Grid

February 25, 2013

Author(s)

YaShian Li-Baboud, Julien M. Amelot, Dhananjay Anand, Gerard N. Stenbakken, Thomas L. Nelson, James Moyne

One of the key lessons learned from the 2003 Northeast Blackout in the United States was the need for improved timing. The problem began as an isolated issue...

Dynamic Key Refreshment for Smart Grid Mesh Network Security

February 24, 2013

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

This paper presents a dynamically updating key distribution strategy to enhance mesh network security against cyber attacks. The scheme has been applied to two...

Security Assurance Requirements for Hypervisor Deployment Features

February 24, 2013

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Virtualized hosts provide abstraction of the hardware resources (i.e., CPU, Memory etc) enabling multiple computing stacks to be run on a single physical...

Deleted File Recovery Tool Testing Results

February 21, 2013

Author(s)

James R. Lyle

The CFTT project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology develops methodologies for testing computer forensic tools. This presentation reports on...

Using multi-zone modeling of particle transport to support building design

February 21, 2013

Author(s)

Dong H. Rim, Andrew K. Persily, Lance L. Wallace, William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich

As building design and operation changes to meet the goals of sustainability, it is critical to address indoor air quality issues such that indoor environmental...

Computer Forensics Tool Catalog: Connecting Users With the Tools They Need

February 18, 2013

Author(s)

Benjamin R. Livelsberger

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